Question

Read this excerpt from “Down by the Salley Gardens” by William Butler Yeats.

Down by the salley gardens my love and I did meet;
She passed the salley gardens with little snow-white feet.
She bid me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree;
But I, being young and foolish, with her would not agree.

Which words does the poet include to help readers visualize the scene?

“my love and I”
“snow-white feet”
“take love easy”
“young and foolish”

Answer 1

snow white feet would be the answer

Answer 2

The answer is: “snow-white feet”

In the poem "Down by the Salley Gardens," the author William Butler Yeats helps visualize the scene of a petite and virtuous girl walking through the garden full of willow trees. There she meets the narrator and suggests that he does not hurry things. In the end, he later regrets not taking her advice.